We spoke to three students from around the world about different national holidays. There are different customs (习俗) for each festival .

Tan Xiaodong, 15, Hong Kong, China

“It’ll soon be Chinese New Year. Before it, we’ll clean the house and decorate it for good luck. Every shop is going to close for a few days and we’ll go out a lot to celebrate in the streets. We might go and see the lion and dragon dances in the city center. I love this festival. ”

Wendy, 16, Sydney, Australia

“Australia Day is on 26th January and it’s an important holiday here. We always have a Monday off, so we celebrate for three days. My parents and I go to the countryside for a picnic and friends always come over. Many people go to beach parties or street parties and there’s lots of music and dancing. What fun!”

Amy, 14, New York, USA

“The first Thanksgiving Day was hundreds of years ago when Europeans who came to America thanked God for his help. It’s still a very important day for families to be together. This year we’re going to visit my grandparents and we’ll eat a delicious meal of turkey. Thanksgiving Day is on the fourth Thursday in November every year. ”

1. During the Chinese New Year, tourists can ________.

A. do a lot of shopping

B. see lion and dragon dances

C. decorate the house for good luck

D. eat turkeys

2.On Australia day, families often ________.

A. have a meal in the countryside

B. go to a swimming pool

C. have a party at school

D. clean the house and dance

3.What do you think a turkey is in this passage?

A. Country               B. A festival

C. A bird                D. A kind of drink

4.From the passage, we can learn that________.

A. Australia Day is an important day for family members to get together

B. Different festivals have different customs

C. Many people go out for a picnic with friends before Chinese New Year

D. The first Thanksgiving Day was born a hundred years ago

Tony’s father, Mr. Baker, lost his job last year. But now, he has his own fast food shop. It’s not very big, but it sells a lot of food, drinks, desserts and soup. Many people like the hamburgers there. Today is Sunday. Tony got up very early. After breakfast, he went to his father’s shop and made a line graph（线状图表） for him to show the number of hamburgers he sold. Now please look at the graph and today’s menu to choose the best answer.

1. From today’s menu, we know ________ is the cheapest.

A. ice cream            B. coke

C. apple pie            D. juice

2. Tony’s father sold the most hamburgers in ________.

A. January              B. June

C. February            D. April

3. How much did he get by selling hamburgers in January, May and June?

A.￥96,000              B.￥88,000

C.￥72,000              D.￥66,000

完型填空

阅读下列短文，从文后所给A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

There was a bookseller who did not like to pay for anything. One day a big box of books fell on his ____.

His wife asked him to see the ____ and show it to him.

“No,” he said, “I’ll wait ____ he comes to our shop next time. Then I’ll ask him ____my foot. If I go to see him, I shall have to ____.”

The next day the doctor came to the shop ____ some books. The bookseller told the doctor about his ____ foot. The doctor looked at it and then took out a piece of paper and wrote ____ on it. “Buy this and put it on the foot before you go to bed every night.” he said.

“Thank you,” said the bookseller. “And now, sir, here are your ____.”

“How much?” asked the doctor.

“____.”

“Good,” said the doctor. “I shall not have to pay you ____today.”

“____?” asked the bookseller.

“I have examined your foot. I want two pounds ____ that. If people come to my house, I ask them to pay one pound for a small thing like that. ____ when I go to their houses, I usually charge (索价) two pounds. And I came here today, ____ I? Bye-bye!”

1.A. hand           B. arm            C. foot         D. leg

2.A. hospital     B. waiter         C. doctor       D. worker

3.A. unless        B. until         C. though       D. if

4.A. about         B. for          C. of          D. by

5.A. pay           B. spend          C. cost       D. take

6.A. buy            B. buying         C. bought     D. to buy

7.A. good           B. bad            C. right       D. left

8.A. nothing        B. anything       C. something    D. everything

9.A. money         B. medicine      C. idea        D. books

10.A. None          B. One pound     C. Two pounds   D. Three pounds

11.A. anything     B. something      C. nothing      D. everything

12.A. When       B. Where          C. Who        D. Why

13.A. for           B. of           C. by         D. with

14.A. And           B. But        C. Or          D. So

15.A. did          B. could          C. couldn’t    D. didn’t

--- I’m sorry to have given you so much trouble, Mrs. Smith.

--- ________.

A. All right           B. That’s all right

C. My pleasure        D. I hope not.

Now everyone, please turn to Page________ and look at the ________ picture.

A. Fifth; five         B. Five; fifth

C. Fifth; fifth          D. Five; five

--- How much does an iPhone 6 ________?

--- More than 5,000 yuan. I don’t think it is a good idea to ________ so much on a phone.

A. cost; cost      B. spend; spend

C. cost; spend      D. spend; cost

His uncle ________ in a hospital. But he ________ there these two days.

A. works; isn’t working             B. is working; works

C. works; not works                  D. work; doesn’t work

--- ________ there any bottles of milk in the fridge?

--- No, there ________.

A. Is; isn’t          B. Is; is

C. Are; are          D. Are; aren’t

It’s good for your eyes to ________ the green hills for a minute or two after working for a long time.

A. look out of         B. look out at

C. look out from       D. look for at

How do you say 15,858?

A. Fifteen thousands eight and fifty-eight.

B. Fifteen thousand eight hundreds and fifty-eight.

C. Fifteen thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight.

D. Fifteen thousand and eight hundred and fifty-eight.

--- Look! There is a new program called Running Man on Zhejiang TV now.

--- Hmm… It ________ exciting.

A. seems           B. looks like

C. feels           D. feels like

If you watch carefully, you can see ________ the man does the trick with the cards.

A. who                 B. what           C. how         D. which

The New Year’s costume ball(化妆舞会) is coming. What will you ________?

A. dress at                B. dress in as

C. dress up                D. dress up as

---Would you like ________ cola?

--- Thanks. But I never drink ________ cola.

A. some; some          B. any; any

C. any; some         D. some; any

One of the hamburgers________ salty(咸的). Do you want ________ it?

A. are; taste           B. are; to taste

C. is; taste            D. is; to taste

--- How often do you do exercise?

--- ________.

A. Sometimes            B. Three hours

C. At three o’clock     D. In two hours

--- Do you know this red blouse looks good ________ my daughter?

--- Yes, I do. Girls look nice ________ red.

A. in; on              B. on; on

C. on; in              D. in; in

________ London is ________ capital of ________ UK.

A. The; the; the         B. /; the; /

C. /; a; /               D. /; the; the

书面表达

充满春节气息的寒假(winter holiday)即将到来，在每年的这个假期，你和你的家人通常会有哪些事情可以做呢？假如你是王慧, 请根据表格中的内容提示，给你的好友David 写一封信，向他介绍你们通常情况下的假期活动。

要求：（1）参考表格活动内容提示，可以适当发挥；

（2）能恰当使用usually, often, sometimes等词；

（3）注意动词的形式，表达准确,书写规范，卷面整洁；

（4）字数70词左右，开头、结尾已给出，但不计入总词数。

Dear David,

Hi from Cangnan! In winter holiday, the people in my family usually do different things.

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Would you like to tell me something about your holiday? Please write back to me.

Love from,

Wang Hui

词汇运用,根据短文内容和所给中文提示，写出空白处各单词的正确形式。

London is the capital of England. It is a very big   1.   (城市). There are   2.  (三) beautiful parks in London. And there is a zoo in one of the parks. The zoo is   3.  (很棒的) . There are many animals from Africa,   4.  （亚洲），America and Europe in the zoo. At 5.   (周末) , we can see lots of people in the parks. Some children like to play football or take    6.   （照片）. Some like to listen to    7.   （音乐）or talk with friends. Their parents can read books on the chair or    8.   （散步，步行）near the river. Look! Over there! Some girls    9.    （跳舞）and two birds are singing for them . Some boys are playing the guitar near the 10.  （高的）tree. Everyone is happy.

My name is Takashi. I am ten years old. I live in Tokyo, the capital of Japan. Now I’d like to tell you something about my school day.

In the morning I get up at seven, and I eat breakfast at half past seven at a table called a kotatsu. We usually sit on mats with our legs under the table.

After breakfast, I start going to school at ten to eight. I usually wear a yellow hat and a T-shirt. The clothes can tell other people my address and my school. I go to school from Monday to Friday and every other Saturday. When it’s lunch time, we eat in our classroom. Our teacher eats with us, too. Sometimes we have sushi, a kind of popular Japanese food. Many people in Japan like it very much. We make it with rice, fish and eggs.

My school day is not easy, but most of us enjoy it because we want to have a good future。

1.How old is Takashi?

A. He is 6 years old.      B. He is 7 years old.

C. He is 9 years old.      D. He is 10 years old.

2.When does Takashi get up?

A. At seven in the morning.    B. At ten to seven.

C. At ten to eight.            D. At half past seven.

3.Where does Takashi eat his lunch?

A. At home            B. In the classroom.

C. In the hotel.       D. In the restaurant.

4. What can we learn from the passage?

A. Takashi isn’t from Japan.

B. Kotatsu is a kind of Japanese food.

C. Takashi doesn’t eat lunch with his teacher.

D. We can know Takashi’s school from his clothes.

5.What’s the best title for the passage?

A. My School Day in Japan.    B. My Favourite Food.

C. My Teacher and School.     D. My Breakfast and Lunch.

Now people in England, the US and many other countries celebrate Mother’s Day. Mother’s Day is on the second* Sunday of May*. On this day, children give flowers, cards, chocolate and other things to their mothers, but they don’t give money to them. And they also make presents for their mothers. And some of them get up early to cook breakfast for their mothers. They also help their mothers do housework. They want to show their love to their mothers. They know if* they have no mothers; they can’t live a happy life.

Many people in China celebrate this festival for their mothers because they want to show* their love to their mothers too. In every Chinese family, the mother looks after* the children, does the housework and cooks meals for the family, so she is quite hard-working and she is always busy in the family. Now more and more people celebrate Mother’ Day in China.

1.When is Mother’s Day?

A. The first Sunday of May.

B. The second Sunday of May.

C. The first Saturday of February.

D. The second Saturday of February.

2.What presents do mothers usually get on Mother’s Day?

A. Flowers, money and cards.

B. Flowers, money and chocolate.

C. Flowers, cards and chocolate.

D. Money, cards and chocolate.

3.On Mother’s Day, children don’t ____________.

A. make presents   B. cook breakfast

C. get up late     D. do housework

4.What does the underline word “hard-working” mean in the passage?

A. 勤劳的.    B. 聪明的.   C. 美丽的.   D. 困难的.

5.Why do many Chinese people celebrate this festival for mothers?

A. Because they know Mother’s Day.

B. Because their mothers are very busy.

C. Because they have mothers.

D. Because they love their mothers very much.

Welcome to Wenzhou Zoo! There are many different kinds of animals in the zoo．They come from different countries and they eat different food.

1.Beibei eats ____________ .

A. Grass   B. bamboo  C. bananas     D. meat

2.____________ can help people work．

A. Nick   B. Martin   C. Dudu     D. Beibei

3.Nick comes from ____________ .

A. China   B. Japan    C. England     D. America

4.Dudu likes eating ____________ .

A. bananas and cakes     B. meat and grass

C. grass and cakes      D. meat and cakes

5.Which sentence is TRUE?

A. Martin is a lion．

B. Nick isn’t happy in the zoo．

C. Beibei is 5 years old．

D. Dudu never lives in the tree.

完形填空

阅读下面短文，掌握大意，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

Bob and Mike are good friends. They are in the same school,    ________   in different classes. Their favorite   ________   is Chinese. They think it is very   ________  . They go to school on weekdays. They come to school    ________   8:00 in the morning. Today is Thursday. Bob and Mike are having classes in their classrooms.

Now Bob is   ________ an English class. He is speaking English with his English teacher Miss Sun. She thinks Bob speaks English very ________ . Mike is having a Chinese class.   ________teacher is talking about Beijing Opera with the students. He is looking at the teacher and listening carefully.

Their last class is at 4 o’clock. After class they go to the playground to do sports. Bob usually    ________   in the playground and he is good at running. Mike likes playing basketball with his other    ________ . But he sometimes watches Bob run there. After doing sports, they usually   ________ together* because Bob’s house is near Mike’s house.

1.A. but        B. and       C. or             D. so

2.A. sport      B. subject    C. festival      D. food

3.A. hard     B. different C. interesting   D. difficult

4.A. for for    B. about    C. in            D. at

5.A. visiting  B. giving    C. watching      D. having

6.A. good   B. fine      C. well          D. nice

7.A. My         B. His       C. Her            D. Our

8.A. draws     B. plays    C. runs          D. lies

9.A. sister    B. brother   C. friends        D. parents

10.A. go home   B. have lunch C. go to school  D. have classes

情景交际

请在II栏中找出与I栏各句子相对应的答语。

             I                                 II

1.How old are you?                  A. Yes, it does.

2.What day is it today?             B. I’m thirteen.

3.Are these your parents?           C. It’s very cold.

4.Where are the apples?             D. Yes, there is.

5.What’s your father doing?        E. It’s Tuesday.

6. Does the panda like bamboo?       F. I write four emails.

7.Have you got any brothers?       G. They are on the table.

8.How many emails do you write?      H. No, but I have got sisters.

9.What’s the weather like in winter? I. He is cooking dinner for us.

10.Is there a science lab in your school?   J. No, they are my uncle and aunt.

— Would you like to watch the film Martian with me this Sunday?

— ________ . I like movies very much.

A. You’re welcome   B. No, thanks

C. No, I wouldn’t   D. Yes, I’d love to

—What are you doing, mum?

—I ________ the house.

A. clean    B. cleans    C. am cleaning    D. is cleaning

— Are there  any maps in your classroom?

— ________. There are two maps in it.

A. Yes, there are  B. No, there aren’t

C. Yes, there is  D. No, there isn’t

—He doesn’t like playing basketball. So he ________ plays basketball with friends.

— But I always play basketball after school with my friends.

A. always    B. usually    C. sometimes  D. never

—________ is that man?

— You don’t know him? He is Ma Yun.

A. Why       B. Who         C. Where     D. How